florid literary

His comments, when they could be heard, were more than florid.

He walked around the florid man and started towards the street.

Whatever was said on the other end, Bull's florid face actually lost color.

Paul turned to the others in the room, and his face was florid with outrage.

His florid style is all, when there ought to be more.

Between that and the florid trees, he was able to work his way to the edge of the building.

He had a disgusted look on his fat, florid face.

There the house was, looking much as it used to, not quite so neat, and a little more florid.

Not too long ago he had been a fat, florid, hearty man.

The woman who answered my knock was big and florid.

The florid man tried a smile that didn't come off.

His face was florid in the manner of a man who drinks too much.

He was a large, florid man with little patience for fools.

The language of the period is much more florid than the examples cited above.

He can also sing, on key and in florid Broadway style.

His florid language notwithstanding, no one would have laughed 15 years later.

Too many of them want writing to be florid.

Again, she forced a sudden florid fantasy out of her mind.

I hate a florid complexion and dark eyes in a man.

His florid complexion suggested a problem with high blood pressure.

The florid face was redder than ever in the heat.

It was a bit florid, as you would expect, but also warm, funny and rather moving.

Kim was an overweight man with a wide, florid face.

He used the florid style of the day, but was not one to exaggerate.

"There must be," he said, his face florid with heat and tension.